Monday’s Headlines Are For the Children

• Kids no longer play outside because the streets are too dangerous, which hurts their health and development. (El Pais)
• Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley wants to repeal the federal gas tax, which pays for highways and transit. (Post and Courier)
• Car dealers are complaining that they can’t move electric vehicles off their lots fast enough to meet White House targets. (Ars Technica)
• The Biden administration is prioritizing disadvantaged communities for Inflation Reduction Act funds. (The Verge)
• Here’s how bus systems around the world are converting their fleets to electric. (Transport Matters)
• Maryland Gov. Wes Moore’s administration is cutting upcoming highway projects as well as the revived Red Line to close a $2 billion gap in the state’s transportation budget. (Washington Post)
• At 45 so far this year, traffic deaths in Washington, D.C. hit a 16-year high last week. (Axios)
• New York City is setting the congestion fee to enter lower Manhattan by car at $15 for most drivers. (New York Times)
• A New York state court ruled that cyclists have the same rights as drivers against illegal searches and seizures. (Spectrum News)
• Seattle’s climate plan calls for doubling the number of biking trips by 2030, but it doesn’t have the infrastructure to handle that many cyclists. (The Urbanist)
• Young leaders in San Antonio are seeking to revive a 2011 bike plan that remains less than half finished. (Report)
• A new group called Calm Decatur has formed to fight for safer streets in the city near Atlanta. (Urbanize Atlanta)
• Almost 4,000 Providence residents, or about one in 50, were hit by a driver between 2010 and 2022. (Brown Daily Herald)
• A shuttered San Francisco nightclub suffered a flood over the summer that required it to cancel numerous events and make costly repairs, but the owner opted to blame a new bike lane for its closure instead. (SFist)

source https://usa.streetsblog.org/2023/12/04/mondays-headlines-are-for-the-children-2